Cigarette extinguisher



Dec. 9, 1952 w. G. PAGE ETAL' 2,620,805

CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Filed May 2s, 195o Patented Dee. d, 1952 FFME CIGARETTE EXTHNGUISHER Woodiin Grady Page, Orlando, Fla., and Lee M. Page, Opp, Ala.

Appiication May 23, 1950, Serial No. H3314 1 Claim.

This invention relates to means for extinguishing lighted cigarettes and for receiving same after being extinguished.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a cigarette extinguisher by means of which the lighted end of a cigarette is caused to come into direct contact with a liquid immersed surface for quick and certain extinguishing thereof and on slight pressure application thereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cigarette extinguisher embodying a rectangular casing having a liquid receptacle therein and an elongated cigarette extinguishing roll or mass of felt yieldably supported and guided in the receptacle relative to an opening in the top wall thereof.

Another object of the invention is to `provide a receptacle having a spring supported cigarette extinguisher which is partially immersed in water in the receptacle and wherein the extinguisher is removably retained in operative position by a removable clean-out plug in the bottom wall of the receptacle with which it is removable from the receptacle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a cigarette extinguisher which is self cleaning and having an adjacent self-closing receiver, the structure providing greater ease in disposing of used cigarettes and also having a pocket for supporting a pack of matches or the like for ready use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein- Fig. l is a vertical sectional view in the plane of line l-i on Fig. 3, and showing the invention in accordance with a preferred structure embodiment thereof;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View in the plane of line 2-2 on Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View on a smaller scale;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental vertical lsection correspending to the left hand end of Fig. l but taken in the plane of line 4 4 on Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, IQ designates a casing which may be constructed of any suitable material and which includes a relatively thick base H, opposite side walls l2 and I3 and opposite end walls lli and i5. The casing is shown as further including a cover or top member i6. This cover or top member need not be removable in the operation of the device however due to the removability of the extinguishing means through the bottom or base wall Il, as will later isi- 255) appear. The two-part construction as shown would nevertheless aid in the assembly of the several parts as well as the rep-air of the device in use. It is proposed, therefore, that the top wall or cover member i6 be formed with a tight fitting flange ita which provides a liquid seal with the side and end walls of the casing. This flanged cover construction may, however, be omitted and in place thereof the casing may be provided with a top wall integral with the side and end walls, very much as shown at the bottom l l of the casing.

The casing further includes a partition I'J which divides the interior of the casing into a liquid receptacle I8 and a larger stub disposal receptacle I9, the latter having a self-closing lid.

Means are disposed within the receptacle I8 and adjacent an opening therein for extinguishing cigarettes and the same embodies a vertically disposed tubular guide frame 2B. The frame 26 is of open construction for the free admission of water or other liquid from the receptacle i8 into the interior of the frame. Accordingly, the frame may embody a plurality (preferably four) of bars 2l which are disposed as shown in Fig. 2 and which define slots therebetween. The upper ends of the bars 2l are preferably rigid with a ring 23 as a reinforcement for the otherwise free ends of the bars, and the upper edge of ring 2? is provided with inwardly directed stop lugs or flange 2t. A spacing ring 24 is disposed within the ring 23 and beneath the flange 2d.

The cover It is provided with a cigarette end receiving opening 25 and the base l l immediately below this opening is provided with a threaded aperture 2t which normally receives a plug 2l having a flange 28 for seating engagement with a Washer 29. The plug is preferably provided with a tool receiving and operating kerf 38. The lower ends of bars 2i are rigid with a ring 22 threadedly engaged with plug 2l so as to be removable therewith. The axes of the apertures 25 and 26 are coincident with that of frame 2G.

Disposed within the guide frame 25) for vertical movement therein is a felt retainer and piston 3 which is of cylindrical form, having a centrally apertured bottom 32 and an open top 33 which is enlarged as at 23 for engagement with the spacing ring 2li under the lugs 2li. The retainer is also of open construction. to freely admit liquid to the interior thereof and accordingly its side wall is provided with circumferentially spaced vertical slots 35i.

A tube 35 extends axially of the retainer 3l and which communicates with the central opening in the bottom 32 and extends to the upper end of a mass of felt 36 disposed within the retainer. 'I'he tube 35 may be merely a bore through the mass material for aiding saturation of the felt 36. A coiled compression spring 37 is disposed between plug 27 and the retainer base 32. The coiled spring 37 as shown acts to yieldably sup port and normally elevate the retainer 3i within the frame 20. This compression type spring is preferably connected at its lower end to the inner surface of the screw plug 27 so as to be removable therewith. The upper end of the spring thereof engages the pan-like bottom 32 of the felt retainer 3 I.

A cylindrical screen 38 is disposed around the guide frame adjacent the lower end for a purpose later to appear. The casing base II is provided with a second removable plug 39 for removal of cigarette stubs from the receptacle I9 and the cover or top wall is provided with a second aperture 40 for the admission of extinguished cigarette stubs into the receptacle I9.

The aperture 40 is normally closed by a door 4I which is pivotally secured beneath the cover at 42 and which is provided with a downwardly inclined portion 43 to which one end of a spring 44 is secured. The opposite end of the spring is free for removal and replacement of the cover but the spring is under sucient compression with the cover applied as in Fig. l for urging the door into its normally closed position. The spring, however, readily yields upon downward pressure on the door, as by the admission of a cigarette stub, so that the door assumes the dotted line position, in Fig. 1, when pressure is exerted thereon.

The front wall I2 of the casing may be provided with a suitable pocket 45 for receiving a book of matches or the like, and the casing may be provided with suitable means for removably securing same to either a horizontal or vertical surface.

In operation of the structure above described water, or other suitable liquid is admitted to the receptacle I8 which may readily be accomplished by pressing down on the extinguisher retainer and piston 3l and pouring in the liquid through aperture 25, preferably to a depth substantially above the lower end of the retainer when in raised normal position. As is indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, this upper end of the mass of felt 36 is preferably convex for effecting ready removal of ashes from the lighted ends of cigarettes and rendering same self-cleaning.

When it is desired to extinguish a lighted cigarette or cigar stub C, the same is positioned vertically in aperture with the lighted end in er1- gagement with the upper rounded end of the felt 36. The stub is then pushed downwardly depressing the felt and carrying the retainer with it. It will be noted that the felt is at al1 times moist due to the submergence of its lower end thereof in the liquid. However, upon moving the retainer downward (Fig. 4) the retainer 3| acts to force liquid upwardly through the bore of the tube and over the upper rounded end of the felt. This fountain of water not only acts as a secondary aid in extinguishing the cigarette, but further acts to wash the ashes ofi' the rounded top extinguishing surface of the felt and into the receptacle I8.

The ashes which are washed from the top of 4 the felt 36 iind their way to the bottom of the receptacle I8 where they are held back by the screen 38 which filters the water admitted to the felt 36 carried in the tube 35. After extinguishing, a stub is pushed past the door 4I and through aperture 40 into receptacle I9.

When the receptacle I8 becomes ash laden, the plug 21 together with the guide frame and the retainer 3| are readily removed for cleaning and the cigarette stubs may be removed in like manner from receptacle I9 upon removing the plug 39.

While we have disclosed our invention in accordance with a single structural embodiment thereof, such is to be considered as illustrative only, and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being dened in the sub-joined claim.

What we claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A cigarette extinguisher comprising a housing having side, top and bottom walls deiining a water storage compartment having aligned openings in said top and bottom walls, a plug detachably closing the bottom wall opening, a tubular guide frame member mounted on and extending upwardly from said plug to a point immediately below the top wall opening, a tubular wall of foraminous material closely surrounding said tubular guide frame member, a spring mounted on said plug and extending upwardly within said guide frame member, a piston mounted on the spring in reciprocable relation to said guide frame member, said piston having a bottom wall provided with an opening, and a liquid absorbing element mounted on said piston and movable therewith relative to said top Wall opening, said absorbent element having a vertical opening extending therethrough and communicating with the opening in said piston, whereby when said element is manipulated through the top wall opening to move the piston downwardly within said guide frame member, liquid stored therebelow will be forced upwardly through said absorbent element to iiow thereover and return to said compartment.

WOODFIN GRADY PAGE.

LEE M. PAGE.

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